What is recorded here
In low-lying wet terrain of former meandering streams, with a stream flowing roughly NW-SE c. 60m to the W, in pasture. A circular enclosure (overall diam. c. 9m), defined by a fosse, visible on satellite imagery (Google Earth satellite imagery, 16 December 2016 and 20 January 2020), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. There are two ring-barrows (TS066-204----; TS066-205----) c. 650m and 610m to the NW respectively.
See attached:
TS066-231----_01 Google Earth satellite image (imagery date, 16 December 2016)
TS066-231----_02 Google Earth satellite image (imagery date, 20 January 2020)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 8 January 2022
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its circular enclosure and fosse suggest a funerary or ceremonial function, typical of burial monuments in lowland wetland landscapes.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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